Laura Ruetz
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“I liked it when our feet were aligned, left with left, and struck the ground at the same time, leaving footprints on the shore that I wished to return to and, in secret, place my foot where his had left its mark.”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
“Don’t ever think of any person who’s trying to hurt you and harm you. Obviously, they don’t deserve your love, but you don’t deserve to feel hate because of them. Ignore them like they don’t exist, but do what you can to protect yourself.”
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“Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly—they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced. That’s one of the things I try to teach my students—how to write piercingly. But what on earth’s the good of being pierced by an article about a Community Sing, or the latest improvement in scent organs? Besides, can you make words really piercing—you know, like the very hardest X-rays—when you’re writing about that sort of thing? Can you say something about nothing?”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“Everyone everything has potential for magic. You just gotta be standing somewhere in the world and in the body that lets you see it.”
― Are You Listening?
― Are You Listening?
“The solution to all my problems remained the same: I just needed to keep moving.”
― No One Tells You This
― No One Tells You This
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